eastward

Where sun rises

Eastward means toward the east: The expedition traveled eastward across the plains.

It works as both adverb and adjective: an eastward journey, heading eastward at dawn.

The variant eastwards is more common in British English.

sunrise

dawn

Day's first glow

morningDay's early hours
daybreakMorning's first light
horizonApparent earth-sky meeting

sunup · aurora · ascending · rising · glow · light · radiance · brightness · awakening · beginning

direction

westward

Toward the sunset

northwardToward the top
southwardToward the equator's direction
westerlyFrom the sunset direction

northerly · southerly · northwestern · compass · bearing · heading · azimuth · orientation · course · trajectory

journey

expedition

Organized exploratory journey

voyageJourney by sea
trekArduous overland journey
migrationMovement to new territory

exodus · caravan · pioneers · settlers · expansion · frontier · territory · exploration · discovery · trailblazer

Categories

directionsnorth, south, west, left, right
EastOrient, northeast, southeast, sunrise, dawn
location wordshere, there, where, north, south
adverbs of direction/mannerforward, backward, sideways, upward, downward

Opposites

cardinal direction

eastwardwestward

Toward the sunset

west · westerly · westbound · westwards · occidental

Family

eastwards, northeastward, southeastward

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